Attack Cancellation

Attack Cancellation
Giyu Tomioka's (Kimetsu no Yaiba) Dead Calm can "calm any attack into nothingness".
Power/Ability to:	Cancel attacks.

"I-impossible!! That was...that was my greatest technique, and you brushed it aside!?"

― Nappa to Son Goku (Dragon Ball Z)

The power to cancel attacks. Sub-power of Attack Manipulation. Technique of Enhanced Combat. Variation of Negation. Opposite to Defense Cancellation.

Also Called

• Attack Blocking/Dispersion/Negation/Nullification/Stopping

Capabilities

User can stop nearly any attack once initiated either by the user themselves or others. This includes melee attacks like Heavy Strike, projectile attacks like Hand Blasts, and even otherwise unstoppable attacks like Juggernaut Momentum.

Applications

• Blocking Mastery
• Charging Extension
• Elemental Negation
• Energy Negation
• Persuasion
• Power Negation
• Projectile Negation

Variations

• Visual Nullification

Associations

• Attack Break
• Attack Manipulation
• Combat Merging
• Counter
• Enhanced Combat
• Weapon Proficiency

Limitations

• May be limited to either canceling the attacks of oneself or others.
• May only be able to cancel out certain kinds of attacks.
• Cannot stop an Absolute Attack.

Known Users

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

• Koshirō Chikuma (Basilisk)
• Oboro (Basilisk)
• Touma Kamijou (A Certain Magical Index)
• Myotismon (Digimon Adventure)
• Kiai users (Dragon Ball series)
• Beerus (Dragon Ball Super)
• Top (Dragon Ball Super)
• Demigra (Dragon Ball series)
• Kenshirō (Fist of the North Star)
• Onodera (Gokukoku no Brynhildr)
• Soma Sanzo (Grenadier)
• Rushuna Tendo (Grenadier)
• Goddess of Dawn (Invaders of the Rokujouma)
• Bankotsu (InuYasha)
• Giyu Tomioka (Kimetsu no Yaiba)
• Battle Cry users (Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic)
• Futaba Yozakura (Mission: Yozakura Family)
• Cheon Yeo Woon (Nano Machine)
• Nagato/Pain (Naruto); via the Deva Path
• Kokugan Users (Boruto: Naruto Next Generations)
• Tony Tony Chopper (One Piece); via Monster Point
• Tsukune Aono (Rosario + Vampire)
• Cheongmyeong (Return of the Blossoming Blade)
• Lee Jaha (Return of the Mad Demon)
• Shishio Makoto (Rurouni Kenshin)
• The Ancient Dragon (Seiken Tsukai no World Break)
• Meliodas (The Seven Deadly Sins)
• Boro (Tower of God); via Fluid Martial Arts
• The Ventriloquist of the Dead (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
• Younger Toguro (Yu Yu Hakusho)
• Merry Nightmare (Yumekui Merry)
• Hyuk Musang (World’s Greatest Senior Disciple)
• Various characters (Wolyaverse)
  • Cheon Yeo Woon

Cartoons

• Benders (Avatar series)
• Echo Echo (Ben 10)

Live Television/Movies

• Tutaminis users (Star Wars)

Video Games

• Golem (Final Fantasy)
• That Man (Guilty Gear)
• Ayano (Luminous Arc 2)
• X (Mega Man X), when equipped with the Gaea Armor or Blade Armor
• Zero (Mega Man X/Zero series), when equipped with the Shot Eraser ability
• Zangief (Street Fighter)
• Ryu (Street Fighter)
• Pawpawsaurus (Dinosaur King)

Other

• Darkness (Stupid Mario Brothers)

Known Objects

• Drawskin (Chaotic)
• Yata Mirror (Naruto)
• Aegis (Saint Seiya)
• Certain Magic/Trap Cards (Yu-Gi-Oh!)

Gallery

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

Using the power of the Imagine Breaker, Touma Kamijou (A Certain Magical Index) can theoretically nullify virtually any attack, esper, magical, or divine.

Koshirō Chikuma (Basilisk) creating a localized vacuum to absorb a projectile attack.

Oboro (Basilisk) can cancel out any attack/technique with her Mystic Eyes.

Tenshinhan (Dragon Ball) using a Kiai roar to easily nullify Tao Pai Pai's Super Dodonpa blast.

Son Goku (Dragon Ball Z) using a Kiai roar to easily nullify Nappa's Bomber DX...

...and used his Kamehameha to cancel out his ultimate technique, the Break Cannon...

...and while using the Raw Power of his Ultra Instinct form to catch and disperse Jiren's super-charged and compressed Power Impact.

Beerus (Dragon Ball Super) neutralizing Goku's Kamehameha....

...and nullifies Zamasu's God Split Cut with his bare hand.

Toppo's (Dragon Ball Super) Energy of Destruction aura nullifies any energy attacks weaker than himself.

...uses a small ball of Energy of Destruction to completely nullifies Frieza's Death Ball.

Myotismon (Digimon Adventure) cancels out MetalGreymon's Giga Blaster with a simple gesture.

Kenshiro (Fist of the North Star) uses Hakkei no Hō to halt projectiles thrown at him.

Using the Voice of God, Soma Sanzo (Grenadier) produces sound waves that stop Rushuna's bullets in mid-air.

In response, Rushuna Tendo (Grenadier) spins her gun barrel with such force that it produces sound waves that cancel out Soma's own sonic attacks.

Bankotsu (InuYasha) uses his Heat Blast to nullify Inuyasha's Wind Scar.

Nagato/Pain's Tendo/Deva Path (Naruto) using Shinra Tensei/Almighty Push to nullify attacks.

Futaba Yozakura (Mission: Yozakura Family) using her Blooming: Magnanimity.

Monster Chopper (One Piece) roaring so viciously that Kumadori's hair attack stopped in fear.

Using the Muei Tou, Tsukune Aono (Rosario + Vampire) nullifies Akua Shuzen's Jigen-Tou attack.

Cheongmyeong (Return of the Blossoming Blade)

Having seen Kenshin's Ryu Shou Sen before, Shishio Makoto (Rurouni Kenshin) easily nullifies it when used against him.

Meliodas (Nanatus no Taizai) uses Counter Vanish to completely disperse the attacks used against him.

The light of the Aegis (Saint Seiya) can nullify any attack, evil personality or damages caused by any attack.

With only 80% of his demonic power, Younger Toguro (Yu Yu Hakusho) is able to completely negate Genkai's blast of Spirit Energy with only one hand...

...and used his 100% muscles to block off Yusuke's Spirit Gun, and then a Kiai to cause it to disperse harmlessly.

The Ventriloquist of the Dead (Yu-Gi-Oh!) using "Negate Attack" to create space-time vortexes that absorbs attacks.

Negate Attack (Yu-Gi-Oh!) can cancel an opponent’s monster’s attack.

Hyuk Musang (World’s Greatest Senior Disciple) canceling out the Four Eyed Demon's chi slash.

Cheon Yeo Woon (Wolyaverse)

Cartoons/Comics

Azula (Avatar: The Last Airbender) negating Zuko's fire attack.

Zuko (Avatar: The Last Airbender) negating Azula's fire attack.

Echo Echo's (Ben 10) sonic screams can stop projectile attacks in midair.

Live Television/Movies

Yoda (Star Wars) uses Tutaminis to cancel out Dooku's Force lightning attack.

Jaime Reyes/Blue Beetle (DCEU) uses a hammer from his exosuit to cancel out a missile.

Video Games

Zangief's (Street Fighter) Banishing Flat can nullify projectile attacks.

Ryu (Street Fighter) using Mind's Eye to nullify an opponent's attack.

Pawpawsaurus (Dinosaur King) blocking Triceratops/Chomp's attack to spare Tyrannosaurus/Terry from damage.

Other

The Darkness (Stupid Mario Brothers) nullifying Ness' PK Thunder with a wave of his hand.